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>Pilot Sport 4S, which is what I usually run on the car I track these days. Yep I have the same tires on my daily driver. I don't track though, too much of a n

by natch 7y ago

>Pilot Sport 4S, which is what I usually run on the car I track these days. Yep I have the same tires on my daily driver. I don't track though, too much of a n00b. I'll admit you're much wonkier than me on this stuff. But I found the original article much more balanced with the negative and positive, and it did fully disclose that the car was heavily modified, where your comments imply that it didn't. And I'm pretty skeptical that the (yes rare) road version of the F1 had no differences from the track version, but your comments didn't mention any, as if there were none. Which made me think your presentation of the facts is tilted beyond what's warranted.

BoorishBears 7y ago
My comments don’t imply that they didn’t mention it, my comments reiterate it as part of why this article reads like a puff piece. The catch when it comes to stuff like this is always in tiny details like runouts, special tires, weirdly specific records that move the goal post from what you’d expect. It all ends up sounding like a bunch of nits from the outside, but again, under 4 seconds separate the that F1 run from the 30+ cars that did it faster (ironically a 911 GT3 has the fastest hot lap) Honestly to me the title alone is the biggest hint. It sounds kind of insane to say this, but there is nothing truly special about a car being faster than an F1 on that track, it’s much more about the driver, and to me that’s what would impress (but wouldn’t let you right an advertisement for Unplugged...). In fact, you can watch the original F1 run separately and see that in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcRY15toko0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcRY15toko0 To the untrained eye sliding = pushing it, but if you look closer, you can clearly see they were not pushing it. Especially by Best Motoring standards. And who can blame them? Damp track, skinny tires, irreplaceable car, on a track with an unforgiving layout Many other cars in the price range of their modded Model 3 could have beat that lap (for reference, their front brake kit alone is almost 10k. All their aero upgrades and body mods also cost well over 10k in total, they also have a 15k wheel package for sale...) > And I'm pretty skeptical that the (yes rare) road version of the F1 had no differences from the track version, but your comments didn't mention any, as if there were none. Which made me think your presentation of the facts is tilted beyond what's warranted. Also don’t know what this is supposed to be saying. The F1 and the F1 GTR were immensely different cars, and the F1 GTR was obviously not what set that record. I haven’t brought up the GTR (which would be the “track version”) at any point, so why would I bring up the differences?

by natch 7y ago

BoorishBears 7y ago

My comments don’t imply that they didn’t mention it, my comments reiterate it as part of why this article reads like a puff piece. The catch when it comes to stuff like this is always in tiny details like runouts, special tires, weirdly specific records that move the goal post from what you’d expect. It all ends up sounding like a bunch of nits from the outside, but again, under 4 seconds separate the that F1 run from the 30+ cars that did it faster (ironically a 911 GT3 has the fastest hot lap) Honestly to me the title alone is the biggest hint. It sounds kind of insane to say this, but there is nothing truly special about a car being faster than an F1 on that track, it’s much more about the driver, and to me that’s what would impress (but wouldn’t let you right an advertisement for Unplugged...). In fact, you can watch the original F1 run separately and see that in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcRY15toko0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcRY15toko0 To the untrained eye sliding = pushing it, but if you look closer, you can clearly see they were not pushing it. Especially by Best Motoring standards. And who can blame them? Damp track, skinny tires, irreplaceable car, on a track with an unforgiving layout Many other cars in the price range of their modded Model 3 could have beat that lap (for reference, their front brake kit alone is almost 10k. All their aero upgrades and body mods also cost well over 10k in total, they also have a 15k wheel package for sale...) > And I'm pretty skeptical that the (yes rare) road version of the F1 had no differences from the track version, but your comments didn't mention any, as if there were none. Which made me think your presentation of the facts is tilted beyond what's warranted. Also don’t know what this is supposed to be saying. The F1 and the F1 GTR were immensely different cars, and the F1 GTR was obviously not what set that record. I haven’t brought up the GTR (which would be the “track version”) at any point, so why would I bring up the differences?